Re: Tangara Set T84

[rffergus@socs.uts.edu.au]

In article <71mt4o$5ef$1@toto.tig.com.au>,
  ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@tig.com.au> wrote:
> Remember when the Chopper cars has bright coloured fabric seats? They
> looked nice when they entered service in 1986, but looked downright awful
> & tatty prior to their replacement with stock-standard blue. Bright
> fabric also shows the graffiti as well.

I don't think that brighter fabric would look any more tatty or dirty than the
fabric that is currently used on Tangaras, which don't hide the filth
particularly well either. Good examples are the covers on the the trams and
low floored STA buses, or some of the fabrics used as an experiment on a
CityDecker set.


Rob

Sydney (Australia)

>
> Roy H
>
> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >rffergus@socs.uts.edu.au wrote:
> >
> >> CityRail should urgently put the Tangaras through a refurbishment program,
> >> perhaps including a more colourful seat fabric to make the interiors a little
> >> less bland, and then maintain a suitable level of cleanliness.
> >
> >If you were to put brighter, more colourful seat covers on, you would see just how
> >filthy the fabric really is.  When patrolling the train, I tell on average 20 people
> >per trip to remove their feet from the seats.
> >
> >--
> >David Johnson
> >CityRail Guard
> >trainman@ozemail.com.au
> >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
> >
> >
>
>

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